Moosewood's Falafel

By sybrmom

Ingredients

• two 15oz cans chickpeas (or 4 cups if you wanna soak em and cook em yourself)
• 4 medium cloves garlic, minced
• 2 t cumin
• 1 t tumeric
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1/4 cup packed minced parsley
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 T lemon juice
• few dashes cayenne pepper
• 1/3 cup flour
• oil for frying

Preparation

Step 1

1) rinse and drain chickpeas
2) combine all ingredients except flour in food processor/good blender/big bowl to blend/mix by hand until it's a homogenous paste.
3) add flour and stir to combine well.
4) heat a pan, add some oil and wait for it to get hot. then add falafel balls--maybe tablespoons, maybe whatever size you can ball up in the crook of your palm. flatten then out a bit, so it resembles a thick pancake. saute on each side about 10 minutes, until crisp and browned. add oil as needed to coat bottom of pan.